First of all I’d like to wish everyone who hasn’t got their own little secret agenda or a blind ambition to kill Ringmer Football Club, a very Happy Christmas. I’d like to think that means the majority of you reading this.
There are bigger things going on at Ringmer than the results of either our reserves or first team but I’ve no intention of hiding our results or performances behind these sickening issues when I refer to the away defeat at Pagham. I’ve already said I like Pagham - Gary Block’s programme notes indicate that their club is close to being insolvent and I really feel for them, after all, they have no pitch to argue over. But they weren’t better than us on the day. However, we didn’t do enough to win on the day. In the first half - playing 4-3-3 for the first time in a league game, our fluency was absent (as it has been for several games) and we looked stale and impotent. Despite playing three aggressive strikers we managed one shot on goal. At 0-0 half time came and went and two mistakes later and the game was lost. No excuses, especially from me and Steve, I don’t care what anyone says, on paper we have the most exciting and positive squad in the Sussex County League but currently it aint happening on the pitch. Lets hope the problems are managerial and not the players as it’ll be easy to fix the management issues as its two people - me and Steve - and if it’s a player thing its 17 players and potentially 17 problems. At 28 points won and having beaten Shoreham, East Preston, Sidley, Worthing United, Wick, Hassocks, East Grinstead, Pagham, Oakwood twice and drawing to Lingfield we’ve done ok so far bearing in mind most had us relegated by Christmas.
Lets be clear. With all thats going on - the rows, the secret meetings, changing locks, the putting up of separate post boxes and then taking them down, the taking down of the Ringmer flag (twice) and god only knows what else - I’m amazed we even get onto the pitch. But get on it we do and there’s no other reason for our run of poor results other than we’re playing pretty crap. No excuses, a first team squad meeting on Tuesday will go a long way to re-installing confidence - something we’re certainly short of at the moment. A win against Whitehawk will put a positive slant (on the football at least) for the New Year.
But confidence is something we are not short of with our illustrious reserves. A rollercoaster ride for 90 minutes against the much fancied Eastbourne United Res ran us out winners 3-2. Fantastic result which pulls us 3 points closer to survival in the Res Premier division. Just on that point do the teams being promoted from either the Reserve east or Reserve west need to have floodlights to get into the top county flight? If they do, its worth keeping an eye on that issue too.
If you receive a text from Deb and it refers to a first team squad meeting, its at the Caburn on Tuesday night, 7pm. Dress is optional but you being there aint. 7pm sharp in the changing rooms.
Its gotta be confirmed but the reserves should train on Tuesday night at Falmer, 8-9pm. Geoff to run this one but Deb will text to confirm.
No game over Christmas for the reserves and although there are a few County one games on Boxing Day, we play our holiday fixture on Saturday 27 December, 3pm ko against Whitehawk at home. I really hope to see a lot of you there for the last game of 2008.
What I want at Christmas? 3 points against Whitehawk and whoever took the flag down twice to put it back up please.
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